Shoe-sole



(No Model.)

C. H. KRIPPBNDORF.

SHOE SOLE.

No. 579,618. Patented Mar. 21.3, 1897.

l FFICE@ CHARLES II. KRIPPENDORF, OF CINCINNATI, OIIIO.

y, SHOE-SOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,518, dated March 23, 1897.

Application filed MarGll 9, 1894. Serial No. 502,983. (No modell) To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. KRIPPEN- DORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and- State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sh0e-Soles, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe object of my invention is to provide a thin, light, and very flexible dancing-shoe. In the ordinary practice a welt insole is eut from stock of the first quality, so that a solid channel of the insole will stand the tension and so that the stitches will not tear the insole nor stretch it out of shape. This is very important, as the Welt-seam of an insole acts as the basis of the shape of the bottom, and because the stitching of the sole to the Welt must be in perfect uniformity with the Weltseam. If not, the outsole-stitching is apt to strike the stitching of the Welt-seam and break it. As a consequence of the use of this heavy stock for the insole, the bottom of the shoe When finished becomes stiff and uncomfort able. Many attempts have been made to overcome this difficulty. My invention overcomes thesedifficulties and enables me to use a flexible soft insole and still obtain the requisite strength and durability, and at about onethird the cost, enabling the insole to be made of offals or the flanks of the hides instead of being cut from the prime portion, and producing a shoe easier to the foot and improving its Wearing quality, and particularly designed for dancing.

The various features of my invention are fully set forth in the description of the accolnpanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichv Figure l is a plan view of my improved insole. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. l.

This sole is prepared in the following manner: I cut and channel the insole A and turn up the channel-lip a in the usual manner and providea thin marginal lip a without a channel in its edge. I then cement or paste to the insole a lining of drilling or other similar material; then mold this lining to the channel of the insole and across the face of the insole and form a V-shaped tuck c between the channel-lip and the insole. In the form shown in the drawings the edge of the lining B is lapped over the outer edge of the channel, but this is immaterial. Several advantages are obtained by cementing this textile lining to the surface of the insole, as it acts as a stay across the face of the sole,as Well as a stay to the channel and the corner. It materially strengthens the channel and prevents the stitches from cutting or tearing the leather and prevents an insole when made of flexible soft material from being drawn out ofshape, and when a shoe with this insole is iinished with a suitable outsole the shoe will not be stiff or clumpy, but easy on the foot of the wearer. Y

A shoe made in this manner Will Wear longer than when made With a stiff insole, the flexible sole not being so liable to break the upper.

Having described my invention, what I claim is vl. A flexible leather insole for a boot or shoe, provided with a channel, a channehlip, and a reinforcingsheet of textile material cemented over the entire surface surrounded by the channel, tucked into said channel and extend ing from the outer side of the channel-lip and secured to the sole at the base of said lip, substantially as described.

2. An insole consisting of a flexible leather A, provided With a channel, a channel-lip a, and a thin unchanneled marginal lip a,and a reinforcing sheet of textile material cemented over the entire surface bounded by the channel, tucked into said channel and from the outer side of the channel-lip and secured to the sole at the base of said lip, substantially as described.

3. An insole consisting of a flexible leather A, provided with a channel, and a channellip, and a reinforcing-sheet of textile material cemented over the entire surface bounded by the channel and formed with an angular tuck, said reinforcing material extending from the outer side of the channel-lip and secured to the sole at the base of said lip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. I

CHARLES n. KRIPPENDORF.

XVitnesses:

W. R. Woon, T. SIMMONS. 

